Unhelpful update descriptions

[John.Florian at dart.biz]

> From: Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com>
> 
> On 03/12/2013 08:17 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> > What is the point of the RPM changelog then?
> 
> RPM changelog is for packaging changes.  Bodhi update notes are for the 
> user.  They are not merely redundant copies of the same information.

I see both sides of this argument.  When I have my admin hat on, I really 
don't want to have to consult bodhi, which requires a net connection when 
I could simply do an 'rpm -q --changelog foo'.  However, with my dev hat 
on, I can see the argument the other way.  In my local packaging, my rpm 
changelogs are a mixture.  If V is bumped the changelog describes the 
diffs between the new V and the old V.  If R is bumped, the changelog most 
likely describes something that changed in the spec only.

That's me and what I feel is proper (for local packaging) though. However, 
I would strongly suggest that if Fedora policy is to have the rpm 
changelog only cover R changes and not V changes, let's please amend this 
bit to make it much more explicit and clear to the reader, perhaps even 
providing the bodhi URL:

man rpm(8)

PACKAGE QUERY OPTIONS:
       --changelog
              Display change information for the package.

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John Florian

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